Improvement in packings for engines



HENRY 0. WHITE. Improvement in Packing for Engines, &c. No. 124,183Patented Feb. 27, 1872..-

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rrnn STATES PATENT Grrioa HENRY 0. WHITE, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO THOMAS JOYCE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PACKINGS FOR ENGINES, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,183, dated February27, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY 0. WHITE, of the city of New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in a Oombined Flexible Metallic and FibrousPacking; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of thisspecification and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a transverse section ofmy invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

My invention relates to packing for the joints of boilers and vessels inwhich steam is generated or used; and consists in the novel constructionof a rope composed of leaden wires and fibrous'material, as hereinafterdescribed.

The letters a of the drawing represents strands or braids ofcotton-wicking or other fibrous material of a soft and pliable characterslightly spun or twisted, as shown, and the letters 0 represent wires oflead which are passed through, around, and longitudinally by the sidesof said fibrous substance, as represented.

It will readily be seen that my packing presents the appearance of arope of twisted or spun yarn or other fibrous materialinterspersed withwires of lead; and such, in fact, it is, with the exception that aseries of leaden wires is of two witnesses.

HENRY 0. WHITE. Witnesses:

PHILIP VAN ALSTINE, ELDORUS VAN ALSTINE.

